Chapter 13 – RK900

June 2039

Working for Vincent was a nightmare. Laure knew how to reset deviants, but she needed to constantly invent stories on how she couldn't figure it out. It was tiring. During one of the last days of June, Vincent walked into her office with his usual creepy smile.

It had been two weeks since she had started working with him, and she could still not get used to his smile. She missed the soft smiles Connor would give her or even Hank's smirks. They were nothing like this piece of shit.

"Follow me, sweetheart. I have something to show you," Vincent told her.

Sweetheart… she hated when he said it. She followed him, lost in her head. Connor… She missed him a lot. Laure couldn't help but wonder if Vincent knew about the attack. Was he the one to coordinate it? Did he know that Connor survived? Her answer was quickly answered as she stepped into his office. Her mouth opened slightly.

"You see, we tried to get a hold on the RK800. I sent one of my TS300, but it failed horribly. I haven't had any news on the RK800 since. I'm guessing it's hiding. So, I built another one, a better one. I found your original ideas on paper and inputted them into this new model. This is the most advanced android we have ever created. This, sweetheart, is the RK900," Vincent said proudly.

Laure couldn't believe what she was staring at. The android in front of her looked like Connor, but slightly wrong. He was too tall, and his chocolate brown eyes were replaced by cold blue emotionless eyes. This was so wrong.

"Did you make a series of them?" Laure asked without taking her eyes off the android.

"No, it's a prototype," Vincent answered. "What do you think?"

"What is your mission?" she asked the android.

"Locate the RK800 Connor model and destroy it," he said with a cold and calculated voice.

Laure nodded slowly and looked back at Vincent. He told her to get back to her office and sent the RK900 on his mission. Laure walked quickly to her office and took out her phone. No signal. She frowned as she started installing more range. It vibrated in her hands and she looked at the screen with wide eyes.

27 MISSED CALLS FROM HANK A.

"Connor…" she whispered as she touched the number.

Hopefully, nothing bad had happened to him or Hank. It only took a few seconds before Connor answered. Hearing his voice made Laure smile. It was amazing to hear his own warm and full of emotion voice. Especially after hearing the cold voice of the RK900.

"Hello, Connor," she replied. "Sorry I didn't return the calls, I didn't have any signal up here. Which is a bit suspicious."

"Laure… are you alright?" Connor asked slowly.

"As alright as I can be, I have a message for Markus, could you tell him for me?"

"Of course."

"Right, so I found a way to infiltrate the CyberLife tower, but he'll need to find a way to climb to the floor 42. There are windows in which he can come through. If we can have enough deviants here, we can outnumber the androids. Unfortunately, they can't be woken up. Vincent installed something in them. Lastly, I know Markus, Hank and I talked about not letting you take part of the fight, but you need to come to CyberLife with Markus. Vincent sent another android after you, and you and Hank alone won't be able to win against him. Connor, promise me you'll be careful," she explained.

"I will. Laure, the android sent after me, what model is it? I'm the last one they created, I'm probably more advanced," Connor said, unsure.

"They found my blueprints. The one they used to build you. They called him the RK900, please Connor, I can't lose you again."

"I'll warn Markus," Connor said after a few seconds of silence.

"Thanks, now I need to go, bye Connor," Laure said quickly as she heard footstep at her door.

"Laure? What's go-"

The door opened, and Laure ended the call. Vincent stood by the door frame with three guards.

"I don't know why I had the feeling this would happen," he said smiling.

Vincent moved out of the way and Laure saw the RK900 behind him.

"Listen here sweetheart, maybe you haven't realized but there are a few cameras here. Also, I am not stupid, I know that you've been inventing stories, it was just a matter of fact before I knew why," Vincent said calmly. "Get her."

The RK900's LED turned yellow as he made his way towards Laure. The three other guards pointed their gun at her. She was trapped.

"I should thank you. Now I know where to put my guards," Vincent said as he left the room.

The RK900 crushed her phone and turned around to handcuffed her. When he pushed her forward, she finally understood Vincent's plan. The longer she looked at the RK900, the more she noticed that he wasn't more improve or anything. He was just another version of the RK800. These were only aesthetic changes. Vincent couldn't build more advanced androids without them turning deviant. The program he had installed in the TS300 series couldn't work on a newer model, therefore if he wanted to know the function he needed to stop the android from deviating while being advance, he needed Connor. And she had brought him straight into Vincent's trap. If she hadn't call… if she hadn't asked Connor to follow Markus, he would be safe because the RK900's mission was never to destroy Connor. It was only to guard Laure until she brought him here. However, if her logic worked. The RK900 could become deviant. Maybe she could wake him up. Maybe she still had a chance to save her friends.

Following orders, the RK900 brought her to her cell in the lower level of the tower and locked her up while he waited outside. Laure waited a bit to make sure nobody else was there and walked closer.

"Do you have a name?" She asked him.

No answer.

"Well, I'm going to name you Conan, is that alright?" she asked softly.

She saw him shift a little bit. She was on the right track.

"Is Vincent treating you good?" Laure asked.

The android shifted again. His LED was spinning rapidly, from yellow to blue.

"That's what I thought, you know you don't have to listen to him. He's an asshole, you deceive better," she told him. "Connor, the android you're supposed to destroy, he's a good friend of mine. He's free. Why would want to hurt him?"

"It is my mission to do so," the android replied.

Well, at least he can talk.

"What if you could decide what your mission was?" she proposed.

Laure smiled as she saw his LED turn yellow. She had put the idea in his mind, it was a good start.

I saw someone somewhere calling the RK900 Conan and found it cute. Also it would have been weird to have two Connors.

Anyway, thanks for reading!